The snow came in yesterday and needless to say it wasn’t the droids we were looking for, but it is a much needed change from the lack of precipitation. It snowed anywhere from 2-4″ yesterday and we found a 8-12″ in places in the backcountry and higher peaks.
Riding Chair 6 looking down on Canucks
The snow got a nice recharge from the scraped ice, it looks soft and kinda is. The canyon and gunners bowl had the best snow on the steeps where no one has skied all year. Love the snowpack right now, features everywhere and cliffs, and trees oh my.
Gunners Bowl looking up from the Canyon – lots of good lines to be had next snowfall.
Chair 6 looking over hotels – the snow was worse on south aspects on 6
Chair 6 looking back at Chair 5
Overall the skiing is really good compared to not skiing. Or compared to other silly things like spending the whole day shopping at the mall, waiting in line at the DMV, punching yourself in the junk, but really the turns are there to be had, you just need to search. Visibility was poor most of the day, so hiking and skiing in the b.c. was challenging but if we can see then we got some new snow to ski! PRAY FOR SNOW!
Washington Cascades near and west of the crest – Weather Forecast From NWAC
Stevens, Snoqualmie and White Passes
| Time | Weather |
| Friday morning: | Light rain or snow north, mostly cloudy central, partly cloudy south. |
| Friday afternoon: | Light rain or snow ending north, partly cloudy central to south. |
| Friday night: | Decreasing clouds. |
| Saturday: | Partly sunny north, mostly sunny central to south. |
| Saturday night: | Increasing clouds with light rain or snow possible by Sunday morning north to central, possibly starting as mixed precipitation at Snoqualmie, increasing mid and high clouds south. |